Hundreds of people gathered Friday morning at the Church of the Highlands to honor the life of Lovelady Center founder Brenda Spahn.

Brenda Lovelady Spahn, founder of one of the largest faith-based recovery centers for women in Alabama, has died. She was 75.

Brenda Lovelady Spahn, the founder of The Lovelady Center in Birmingham that has helped nearly 20,000 women get back on their feet after hard times, has died. Spahn died Dec. 18. She was 75. She ...

Dr. Brenda ‘Lovelady’ Spahn passed this week at the age of 75. She is the founder of The Lovelady Center, the largest ...

Known in the community as “Miss Brenda,” Spahn launched The Lovelady Center in 2004 in her own home with the aim to teach a ...

Starting with seven inmates from Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Prison in 2004, Spahn launched what would become the largest ...

Brenda Lovelady Spahn founded a ministry to women in 2004, and the Lovelady Center now houses more than 500 women for rehabilitation and recovery.

Brenda Lovelady Spahn, the founder of The Lovelady Center in Birmingham that has helped nearly 20,000 women get back on their feet after hard times, has died. Spahn died Dec. 18. She was 75.

Funeral arrangements have been announced for Brenda Lovelady Spahn, the founder of The Lovelady Center in Birmingham. A service of celebration of life for Spahn will take place on Friday ...